Comment by darkhelmet3720

this is my second time on wow would love to have a new mount for my warrior

Comment by trollise

hikk..

Comment by TikiKiki

i cant get a better mount than i have and ive been so good i think i deserve 1 please

Comment by LongtoothDS

I dont have Rivendares deathcharger myself but since the patch its about 1 in 100 chance your going to get it it's better chance and i am going for it now

Comment by emmdajackel

I think this mount is pretty cool, compaired to my death knight reg mount thats i started with it would be cool to have! i gonna see about getting one!

Comment by mitore

I am on my first toon and having a blast. I have already turned 2 others on to WOW. I am still a bit confused on Specs for my warrior. Someone told me about 53/18, I have know idea how to find that........could i get some help? plz

thanks,Mitore

Comment by Jweiler3

would like better rogue gear

Comment by Warasatsum

would be cool to have :)

Comment by remifillion

hi mrs.blizzard i just want send u my christmas list ....i want a new mount or something i will help in my game playing !

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Comment by Rifiru

I'd love to have one as well. Would take good care of it and feed it well so it wouldn't starve to death!

Comment by nrittka

if then , ofc, it wasn't dead when u got it...

Comment by ASmuffinman

If you want to see a sexy gnome go to the screenshots and look at the gnome, thats me!

Comment by Talut

Lol... Yeah, I'm pretty much in the same boat. Well over 100 runs so far and I haven't seen the mount drop. On the plus side, I've gone from Honored to Exalted with the Argent Dawn solely by running Strath.

Comment by ZkFTW

i Got Mine On 3rd run at 34min of that buff :) go for it its easy ! gl 4 others

Comment by desyphur

I'm so happy right now.

15th run, it dropped, and I'm the ONLY person on my server to actually have one.

Comment by jugjuggz

2nd run... the first time in over 4 years wow has worked in my favor! =P

Comment by teunverstraten

Got it on the first try :o

Comment by subtotal

Just got mine last night, along with my argent champion title and strangely enough 3 epic world drops from the trash.

Given that I have never seen epics drop from the trash here before, i would advise anyone who gets this mount to clear all the trash before they leave the instance. i got 3 epics just from the undead side, if i did the scarlet crusade guys as well i might have picked up another...

Comment by kabookiejoe

ever since priest got mind sear running this place is so much easier.

trying to get him one now. my rogue got one pre-nerf

Comment by rm2k3guy14

Dropped for me today on my first attempt<3 needless to say I was suprised :p

Comment by khaltak

i so want this mount!it never drops can it be soloed at lvl 73?

Comment by SuperRound

Got this little baby today after countless amount of runs (And by countless i mean i wasn't counting)Just keep trying guys :) it'll happen also i figured if you think negativley and sometimes write stuff like "BLIZZARD WHY DO YOU HATE ME?" It'll drop, trust me it works ^^

Best of luck

Comment by Nagatamen

Got it on my 3rd run. Was only going for the rep for the achievement. Nice bonus!

Comment by Idwa

45 tries and I got it.

Comment by Arioto

76 so far and nothing

Comment by Phakalyalle

I had to check the armory after to make sure I didn't imagine the whole thing....

I got it after my 3rd (successful, non-glitched) run, like the guy who posted before. Got exalted too. :D

Then I had to run it 3 more times, twice with friends who wanted it & then again when a very nice pally paid me 20g to unlock the gate, I stuck around to see.... it didn't drop again.

Jungle remedies really helped as I'm a rogue & can't heal that awful 10 minute debuff.... also I think the is for a quest where you get a leather chestpiece... I never did that quest so I can't be sure.

My little Night Elf girl looks fabulous on this & I still can't believe I have it!

Comment by dotman88

If you've noticed a lot more people riding this recently it's because a model edit is doing the round which lets you go straight to Baron from the start of the instance.

Makes me feel like all that time I spent farming it worthless :[

Comment by dornstar

I got it on my 9th attempt.

Day 1 - One try, got the key to the city.Day 2 - 7 runs starting from side door.Day 3 - Dropped on first run.

Each run took about 11 minutes on my 80 spriest. Most of the mobs don't aggro, so I would just run to each tower then to Aboms. Also, I made sooo much gold off of runecluth and disenchanting items.

Comment by runeron

Most importantly, don't give up even if you see all the lucky players posing in the cities with 2, 4, 8 or any other low number of runs in their achievements/statistics. If you have to really WORK for it, it feels more special. That's what I kept telling myself anyway (53 runs in my case, so not bad).

If you're running this at level 80, you'll eventually do this run pretty fast. On my protection warrior an average run took about 8-9 mins from getting the baron debuff. Biggest timesink was lack of rage, so other classes might do it faster. Don't bother looting anything, except maybe the Baron and Rammstein. It'll only slow you down.

And as a final note - try avoiding the trash mobs - they can give you some nasty diseases. You'll find out. And you'll also learn to hate bats and spiders..

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Comment by Drummelnabb

In think there is alot more alliance who will farm for this mount than hordes. I play both alliance and horde at max level. On my horde char none of my friends are farming for this beauty, on my alliance I have 4-5 friends atleast who have done a few runs to get it.I myself have 112 runs on my alliance, no mount what so ever... Boosted a friend on my horde today, got it on first run. Wasnt sure if I should laugh or cry, I want it on my alliance, not on the horde. Well thats RNG, dont give up anyone who want this, Im so going to get this on my alliance.

Edited: Typo

Comment by arg0nina

Got it on my 1st run, was just getting Classic Dungeonmaster. Extremely lucky?

Comment by Conal

It took me 15 runs to get the mount and I was halfway to Exalted as far as AD rep goes.

Technically, the 15 runs include one full run (including live side) followed by twelve service entrance (short) runs and then two more full runs (including live side).

This is still my favorite land mount and that's why I just had to have it on my 80 human DK. :)

Comment by lorewin

This just dropped for my DK today after countless runs. Was floored when it finally dropped. Took about at least 20 to 30 runs to get it.

Comment by Selflesshero

love the new patch, I got this on my first attempt yesterday in Stratholme =D

Comment by lassek

@#$% i dont wanna hear it i have ran it 5000 times on my deathknight at level 80.................5000 runs and im about to get %^&*ed

Comment by blightwater

Ran Strat maybe 7 or 8 times before it dropped. Took about two hours of farming, over the course of a few days. Pretty easy to do as an Elem Shaman; used the supply crate trick to get into the Slaughterhouse. Never saw the epic sword but that hardly matters, does it? :P

Good luck to everyone farming this.

Comment by jasmiini

Got it on my 11th run. Its pretty fun as a paladin riding this.

Comment by naxxcr

"BLIZZARD WHY DO YOU HATE ME?"

It better work now, or else ill find out where you live and kill you.

edit: I got it (run 85) :D

Comment by Jimmsss

Just got this on my first run... I know.. I'm a bastard :P

Comment by Jauque

got this to drop on my 4th run, using the supply crate trick...also increased my argent dawn rep from friendly to rev'd. This is one cool looking mount and well worth the farming.

Comment by ShammyKon

Well now, I am onto run 173, without joke, no mount. I powerlevel a lot of alts through, to no avail besides the levels. Oh well, 3 80s I've farmed this on, even switched to using the crate glitch. Oh well, time to do 100 more.

Comment by Runaro

To all the people saying, "Oh, look, I got it I'm so happy blah blah blah" that really doesn't help anyone and clogs up the page. Please don't do that.

Comment by dreadblood

i just got it as a lvl 80 blood DK..(soloed) it took me about 20 runs.. hehe.. first 19 were with 1 wep and once my made me a different one it worked... coincidence? or planned drop?

Comment by DoomEU

Some tips for rogues to farm this as quickly and efficiently as possible:

-It's useful to have Fleet Footed and Camouflage talents-You should be able to time your Sprint cooldown to use it once on the way in, and once on the way out.-Get glyph of pick lock. It means you can open all the doors instantly and save several seconds per run (dont open the doors with the key, use pick lock on them and it's instant open)-From the secondary entrance, stealth through to the gate, then hug the left wall. You'll get to the gate where the plagued insects spawn. You can use Fan of Knives once or twice to kill them all instantly. (I was hitting 20k DPS because there's so many of them)-In the next room you have to open some crates. Don't right click them. Use "Disarm trap" on them as it wont break stealth. Not sure why but they count as "Traps" once disarmed, the gates disappear. You need to do disarm on 2 crates in this room-Go through to the next area and disarm 2 more crates. -Kill Rivendare. The fight lasted around 30 seconds for me, but I'm not in great gear. I have mostly blues (eviscerator's set) with epic weapons, boots and trinkets. Again you can just use Fan of Knives to kill all the adds in 1 hit.

Using this method, you will hit the instance limit after 5 runs and get the "You have entered too many instances recently" message if you try to do it again.

Comment by zephyrion

Yes I do agree that this beauty drops of by luck and patience, It dropped for me on my 2nd run. very lucky indeed.

Looks very cool on UB Nelf DK.

Comment by Hakkenshi

I don't mean to be an ingrate, since I was lucky and got the drop after only a few runs, but how exactly is this mount different from the Forsaken epic mounts? Apart from the colour, I mean..?

As a status symbol, the mount doesn't stand out much...

Comment by lushon

i farmed this mount 3 times a day sometimes more. Then i go to help a guildie run the entire instance. AN the damn mount drops. Now a lvl 60 and me needed it as we agreed. Then a @#$%ing level 50 who cant even use the mount needed it and WON! i was so fusterated. That damn level 50 died the entire time in the instance and i even had to help his pathetic self to the door of the instance. But i think theres a higher chance of getitng the drop if you run the live and undead side of the instance because i ran the dead side so many times and it never droped.

Comment by zephyrion

Just submitted a screenie, Just can't get enough of this baby of 2 runs.

Lucky me =D

Comment by coolbill2008

I got off work early today so i thought id pick up a few old school achievements that I didnt have (scholo and strat). When I get there, I couldnt figure out how to get the doors open to Rivendare, so I come look here to figure out what the deal is and I see that he drops a mount. I was like, dang that would be awesome but crap like that doesnt happen for me on here. Low and behold pick up the achievement, loot and bam, Rivendare's Deathcharger. Made my evening, but the I honestly felt guilty cause it was my first time and other people farm it and it doesnt drop. It was rather funny though when the achievement popped up in guild chat. When they realized it was my first time there, and I got the mount, I got a good cussing for about 10 mins :) Oh well, it was worth it! Best of luck to your guys...

Comment by Zorrah

Seems to be a 5-10% drop rate....I got it on the 10th run with my level 80 ret pally.

I was prepared for several days/weeks of farming and bam...

Good luck to all. It's dropped for a TON of people on my server...everyones running around with it.

Comment by Dalrock

501 Baron Kills and FINALLY...

Thats right ... 501 freakin' kills of Baron Rivendare and the Mount FINALLY dropped for me.

In that time, I did +/- 200 FULL Clears, +/- 200 Speed Clears, and +/- 100 "Crate Breaking" Runs.

The Mount finally dropped on my 501st kill of Baron Rivendare on a "Speed Clear" where I only killed the Mini- Bosses and NO Trash.

So for all you out there that think the deathcharger won't drop, just keep at it. It will ... EVENTUALLY ... drop for you.

~D~

Dalrock 80 Night Elf Hunter Shadowsong Server

Comment by makothedesa

It dropped at second try, i've done all in solo 2 run: the first one was a full run to take the key and drop a lot of Runecloth to gain rep whit the ally faction for the achievent, the second one was a fast run and i kill only the boss and a few add, and he dropped the horse XD

Done all in solo, I'm an Night Elf Hunter, I re-talented Bm for farming and I find it very good, also for AoE...

Comment by Jayla

I have to say, I'd die for this mount, but I see more of this horse on my server (Quel'Thalas) than I do of the Red Skeletal Warhorse.I think i know which one I'll be farming for.

Comment by WoWding

Not sure if its posted elsewhere, but ill post it here. The instance is very easily done in under 10 minutes if done right. First, take the back gate, skip the live side. At high level, skip the trash. You should be able to walk all the way to the back room where the ugly gut-hanging-out guys are. There is no need to kill the 3 bosses to get the gate to open. You will find 2 crates by the door, and one more across the way. Opening 2 of these (the 2 needed to be opened will vary) will unlock the 2 gates keeping you out of the last room. Kill the ugly guys, and when the big ugly guy comes out, hit him and make him chase you back into the slaughterhouse. Kill him, and immediately the 6 soldiers will spawn. No need to fight the hundreds of skeletons. They will be locked out of the slaughterhouse. Kill the soldiers, then off to the baron.

Note: if you skip the skeletons outside of the slaughterhouse, they will be waiting for you to come back out. So if youre farming, you have to fight them anyway until you get the mount, then you can hearth out. Good luck!

edit: crate trick no longer works.

Comment by Wootman

Farming this mount right now 13th run and nothing. The runs are taking about 8-15 minutes for me as a level 80 hunter and entering from the back. Not too bad as long as you watch out for gargoyles. Btw grab the blues and greens from the 5 bosses you encounter, with my current bags get filled up I go to Lights Hope and they all vendor for 90-110g. :)

Comment by plggy

Supply crate trick has been fixed. No more 3 min runs.

Comment by Dorf

This is driving me insane. :|

290+ runs total (Did loads before the achievement system was introduced and f*&$"ed over my kill counts)

Nothing yet...I've dedicated today to getting this damn mount, if I dont have it by tonight I'm going to break the barons legs.

Those of you that are still after it on 100, 200, or 300+ runs like me, dont give in. it'll drop eventually ;) IMO the harder you try for it the more rewarding it is when you finally get it.

Comment by Othragon

Random IS random.

Tonight i was bored and having done all the dailies i could, i decided to put my lvl 71 Prot Warrior (hardly any BC HC gear) through Strat just to test the water and see where i could reach.

To my surprise, not only did i solo the dead quarter (took me about 25 minutes, lots of bandages and cannibalize), but also i had the Deathcharger drop before my eyes, on my first attempt! =D

I had only ran this instance to collect the achievement and i had never set foot there again till now, thinking it would take a grind to get the horse to drop!

Turns out i won't be going there so soon after all!

Comment by Dorf

Finally...Finally after 168 runs i got the deathcharger.

FINALLY...:D

SO worth it, looks awesome beyond awesomeness. :p

DorfusDaggerspine EU

Comment by Magnakilro

I recently began a crusade against like every rare spawn in the game..... my bloodlust lead me to Stratholme for the second time ever. I killed Skul and Hearthsinger and thought "meh lets kill Baron" so I did. The mount drops! I wasn't expecting it or anything...just kinda felt like killing him and lo and behold I now have his Deathcharger! I thought I was getting Punk'd or something until I used it....cuz I'm not used to having luck >_>

gl to all who want this awesome horse!.....now for that dam ony drake.....

Comment by davepoobond

148 kills of Baron Rivendare and it finally dropped. I had my doubts whether or not it would drop, even thinking Blizzard blocked me from getting it.

Funny thing is, right before it dropped I was told "it was taken out." Pretty vindicating if I do say so myself.

Comment by Maddroxx

i soloed this like 100 times while trying for Argent Dawn rep. not a single drop..:(

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Comment by DoomEU

This was pre-fix. You can't use disarm trap to remove the gates any more.

You now need to clear all the green rooms and fight several bosses to open the gates making that time, yes, impossible.

Comment by cellular

yeah! It dropped for me after my 23rd run....last night....i had a run of trial of the champion HC and when that was finished it was a bit too early to go to bed but i had some time left.....so i thought ..oh what the hell...i'll give it a go.....only this time i didnt loot anything....just murdered my way through the mobs....and when i got to rivendare it was the quickest kill i ever did....he didnt even had time to summon his skellies...and then he dropped it....i was a bit shocked tbh....didnt expect it at all....but woot....i got em :)

Comment by rothoff

Hi all

Just wanted to add my experience on this one. Ran the strat. with lvl 80 pala, and my lvl 60 (i think) pala, just went in not knowing of this mount at all, played the two chars through the boss and it dropped first time i was there. After reading the above posts..i DO feel lucky!

It was on skullcrusher btw.

Comment by disinformatique

"BLIZZARD WHY DO YOU HATE ME?"

Comment by steelscout

got it today as an assassination rogue, mostly 245 gear, not a good idea to stealth since some of the mobs can sense you more than just running by them, just be aware of your agro range. piece of cake. ran this 4-5 times an hour for a few hours. actually took me a very long time to get, saw it once drop 1 year ago, lost on that so i went solo everytime after that. so basically have to be persistent

anyways happy hunting and good luck

Moonrunner-Horde

Comment by MattBamm

They really increased the drop rate.

I did five runs today on my level 80 Hunter and on the 5th run It dropped.

Good Luck to you all.

-code of Alterac Mountains

Comment by martyn470

Run 52 and still no mount, really need a decent 100% mount, im starting to believe blizzard hate me =], seems my friends got it within 10 runs, also, do not try and pull the magistrate while he is running to warn baron, on run 52 i actually hit him, little did i know that when i opened the gates and the timer starts, that he and 50 or so mean looking undead would be staring at me, even as a paladin i barely survived.

Comment by Cantoz

Every comment here seem to be about how many times it took for them to get the mount to drop. The thing is you have to be lucky to get one since the droprate is about 1/100, you might get it in your first run or you might never get it. To help out to understand it you can pick a number between 1 and 100 in your head and /roll until you get that number. It can take 1 try, it can take 5 tries and it can take 500 tries. There really is no other way than to keep trying until you by RNG luck gets it :)

Good luck in your farm for this sweet mount!

Comment by Djongov

I am so happy. It dropped today for me after a long long journey. Like some people around here i was farming it long before Statistics came in. I did it with more than 4 different characters through the ages. On my new mage i did 92 runs and it didn't drop. Recently i leveled a paladin and got it dropped on my 17th run. I feel happy that i have it on a paladin. The scheme about holy man riding an unholy horse is awesome, but it somehow feels wrong about my other characters who ran alot more and don't have it. Ultimately, what i can say to people that are cursing God and Blizzard is that if you run and run at least you have a chance to have it , if you quit there isnt ANY.

Comment by Mazdabater

I spent 2 hours farming the jeeve's pattern this morning. Then I went down to strath out of boredom, 2 runs and less than half an hour later I had my mount =D

Comment by Beatriz

I got it just the other day. I feel like it was my lucky week. I had been farming this and the Sea Turtle mount while going for my 100 mount achievement, obsessively, clearing Strat over and over and fishing up a total of 16k fish and other things according to my statistics. I managed to get 100 mounts (via the tournament and bg mounts, mainly) without ever seeing Rivendare's or the Turtle. I basically gave up on both and decided to concentrate on the Insane title instead.

Then, stopping just to fish up a stack of Angelfish for a druid buddy, not even thinking about it, the turtle dropped. . . The next day I ran Shat for my frayed abomination stitching and, first run of the day, POW! Omgosh. . .

One thing to note, "Rivendare kills" is listed on your statistics page, but mine only lists me as killing him 30 times and I KNOW it has been more than that. I would estimate at least a 100.

So if you are getting frustrated with this dude, maybe take a break. Chances are he will drop eventually.

Comment by Holocaust

Took me 4 runs on my Paladin to get it. I've done about 15 so far on my warrior and no drop. :( Amazing mount, I got it back when my Paladin was horde but then I faction changed so its nice being Alliance and having an Undead Mount. =)

Comment by Ultismash

157 kills later this mount dropped for me.

I just want to confirm a few things as FALSE: rumors has been going around, originated from some random source, that the mount cannot drop due to that you simply do some things "wrong" in the instance. For example...

"You must kill the mini bosses in this order: Banshee - Human - Spider" // FALSE"You must kill every boss in Stratholme in order to make the mount have a chance to appear in Rivendare's loot table" // FALSE"You must do this run without breaking a single crate" // FALSE"You must kill Ramstein the Gorger OUTSIDE of the Slaughterhouse" // FALSE"You must kill the swarm of critters while locked in between the two gates at the Undead side of Stratholme" // FALSE"You must kill all trash before mount can drop" // FALSE

Yeah, you get the picture. Bogus rumors that shouldn't get you on the wrong track.

All the loot tables are set in stone as soon as you enter an instance/raid, and the ONE AND ONLY WAY to alter them is to reset the instance/raid itself. Since there is no possible way to determine what a boss drops before it's actually dead, you simply have to maw through every single ID of Stratholme that the RNG offers you upon entering until you end up in one that rewards you with the mount.

Last note of encouragement: I know how tedious farming this mount can get, but don't give up. Eventually, the mount WILL appear and when it does so, you'll feel that all the time you've put down on farming it was worth the effort.

Good Luck!

Comment by Jizzowatt

/flex Dropped for me a few days ago.

Comment by TheDash

Currently on my 170th run, still no mount to date.

Comment by DemoonKatjie

some of you are going to hate me, but i just had to share...

my lvl 80 rogue friend took my lvl 46 warlock self through yesterday to kill some boredom, i had no knowledge of this run. didnt even know this charger existed honestly, but he dropped and my friend said i could i have it :D

woot on the epic luck!

Comment by Chodgra

Dropped for me yesterday....113 runs in! it got to the point i was just killing and looting while doing other things....wasnt until i actually looked that i saw it

rest time.

See you....never again Strat!

Comment by mavliek

this is indeed a rare drop..got it in 6 runs on my paladin yesterday but on my dk im up to 40+ runs..glad luck all

Comment by TheEinherjar

91 rivendare kills to date and no mount or sword (not that i want the sword).

all i can think after i kill him and get nothing is "FML"

Comment by TheEinherjar

91 rivendare kills to date and no mount or sword (not that i want the sword).

all i can think after i kill him and get nothing is "FML"

Comment by Achloryn

all i can think after i kill him and get nothing is "FML"

Same here.. I know i've run it 100+ times between my mage and my hunter, and nothing.

On the plus side, even if you only loot the mobs you have to kill (the bosses, and nothing else) then you get some nice pricey vendor trash. Run it a few times in a row, just doing service runs, and you'll easily make a couple hundred g.

Comment by RazorRowe

We farmed Stratholm just once.......before the boss i said "Dibs on mount if it drops! lol" .....and then they were like "Lol, no we will roll :)" .....i said "lol oook"....

When it droped my group leader was like "omfg" and i said OMG COOL" and all 5 of us needed and i was in my chair litterally crossing my fingers and i won! i was like "YAY! LOL IN YOUR FACE SHADOWTRICK" He was like "grrrr"......

So yea.....first try...not even going for the mount....and after that we left lol...yay for luck :D

Comment by Gabs71

i'm a lvl 80 human warrior and baron runs were pretty easy for me as protectionit took me 13 runs to get it, did some runs one evening and got it the first thing next morningto everyone farming this mount i have some advices:- don't give up !- if you get bored put some music on or if you got a TV in your room ( like me) look for something good to watch since a baron run doesn't really require much attention :P- always kill the mini bosses on the way, for the loot and the rep with argent dawn- watch out for the gargoyles flying around- don't pull too many mobs at once, for some classes this can be fatal- if it gets annoying try doing something else ( hcs, dailies, flying around wintergrasp collecting ores :P ) and come back in a few hours or the next day

Comment by USRadamanthys

Just made an account because I promised myself I would post this when this mount dropped for me. 331 attempts, countless hours (I don't remember even the month on which I began the farming last year), the frustration of seeing characters with this horse with 20, 10, or 2 attempts. But, now, I have it. That's all I have to say. I have it. I want this post to give hope to those players who have lost count on the undead minions they have killed, or that already know the location of every rat and crate of Stratholme, farming this mount. Don't give up. You will get it someday...and the harder is to get it, the sweeter the reward.

Radamanthys on Khadgar/US

Comment by Alaisilock

I got this on my hunter today after my 95th run. Almost made me cry when I saw it in the loot panel.

Comment by Issegrim

Ran this instance way too many times... wanted the mount, because I wanted one that looked nicer than the normal DK one... run it with a party partner who just wanted the dungeon achievment, and LOL... it drops, first run for this person, and they get it.

After running this too many times, all I can say is:

Screw the mount. It isn't worth the effort.

Really. Don't even try getting it. If you get it by luck on your first few rounds for whatever other reasons you're in the instance, then good for you.

Anyone who does have it will say, "Oh, don't worry, keep trying..." but only because that vindicates the effort of the other poor souls who killed Rivendare a ridiculous amount of times to get this, truthfully, rather unspecial mount.

I'll stick to the laughably easier BG mounts.

Comment by Cusco

FIRIN MAH LAZER

Comment by Eorok

151 runs and still no mount :(

Comment by DragmaKerp

I'm starting to think the drop is bugued or something like that and I'll never get the mount. I'll keep trying, but 369 trys are too much trys I think. While I'm writing this I'm doing the try number 370, but I don't think it will drop

Comment by SpayceGhost

I got last night on Baron Kill Number 183!

Comment by griffinlev

148 and no mount...lucky forum post ftw?

Comment by roninacorn

Lawl, i feel so lucky, got this on my first strath run about 2 years ago, was pretty shocked, however i dont use it that much cause it lacks being unique, to me it just looks like any other undead horse with a few barely noticable extras, still and awesome mount an a nice feat tho =]

Comment by 2seconds

Out of shear luck i got this on the run i did for the achievement today, to my pleasant surprise it looks so awesome with my resto shaman gear i think ill rarely use any other mount.

I had run the day before for the achievement but out of curiosity and because it was taking so long for the next set of mobs to come out just before the last boss i went past the gates where the mass of undead weaklings spawn and got trapped having to hearth out... lost my willingness to complete the instance after that for the day.

Comment by Starglimmer

It is a rare drop but keep at it, u will get it eventually ^^ i got mine after 7 runs, theres no maths behind it, the drop rate is the drop rate and will not increase with the amount of runs you do. But good luck to all who are still out there farming it ^^ xxxx

Comment by kazikaz

I know you are gonna hate me now :DBut!When i was boosting my alt in stratholme i had totally forgot about Lord Rivendare and this 0,10% drop chance. Then i suddently get to him, and on my FIRST and i mean very FIRST kill on him on my boost it DROPS ! :D

So now my lvl 55 rogue got rivendare's deathcharger :D

just to sum up my luck: I gor the ´Sea Turtle´´ on my 122 lvl of fishing! :D

Im a lucky guy when it's about mounts! :D

Comment by saph58

Is it just me or is stratholme a maze or something? i got lost SO many freakin times. I finnally figured uot just turn right at every turning point except the one where it leads to the chapel near the service entrance..I have only done it about 25 times so hopefully i will get it...someday.

Comment by AtraLock

I just got mine today on my 8th run ^^

Never liked Stratholme that much but wanted to go for the rep, so I wasn't even hoping for the mount. When it dropped I was like "wuuuut!" and my bf called me a freaking bastard - just as he did when I got my Red Qiraji Battle Tank on my 2nd run in AQ40 and the Sea Turtle on a random cast in a pool while doing a daily, so I really can't blame him :P he still need all of them ^^'

Comment by dusx

Went to stratholme with my mage thinkin i would start farming for the damn horse!And it finally dropped... on my FIRST and ONLY run :D

LAL

Comment by dusx

Went to strat to start farming!It took me 1 run and 10 mins before it dropped ^^

I made about 15k looting, selling Runecloth and greens on the ah, vendoring the blues, and sellling a few pristine black diamonds, and so I treated myself to a tundra mammoth. What you do with the money is your business, but you will make loads :)

Just see it as farming greens and blues to vendor and getting rich. You get into a routine.

For a while I was: hearth to Dalaran -> Ironforge to use ah and clear bags -> fly to Light's Hope Chapel.

But after a few runs I set my hearth to Light's Hope. It saves SO much time. Then I used my Argent Tournament Tabard to get back to Northrend OR if you dont have one then hearth back to LHC and send the greens and Runecloth to a bank alt to sell on the ah later, and vendor the blues and bop greens at LHC.

Feral Night Elf druids are really well placed to farm this. You can steath when needed (usually when a gargoyle is about to tag you), you can run ahead and shadowmeld, you have Feral Swiftness to speed things up, and I would highly recommend speccing into Nurturing Instinct so you can hot yourself up if need and also get the Glyph of Dash - that allows you to use Dash twice before Rivendare and once to run out.

To non-Druids, just avoid the gargoyles. They are the ones that will really ruin the fun of farming this. If you pull something, do not run away, just kill it asap. Engineers will have fun using nitro boots to get out (so long as the spiders dont web you), and rogues can sprint and then vanish (so long as you are a goos distance ahead of ghouls (who can see stealth). Priests will find this easy using Fade.

As many people have said, for each mini-ziggaurat, run in and pull the first acolyte, and then round to the last, and aoe them. Dont loot them. Only loot mini-bosses and rivendare, as the loots sells for a bit more.

When you get to the slaughterhouse, round up the aboms and aoe them down, then run in and kill ramstein and the black guards. This saves a lot of time. Save your cooldowns for rivendare because he has a bit more health and there is no point using any cooldown for anything else in there.

I got each run down to about 8 mins. I had Dash and Feral Swiftness and Shadowmeld etc which helped. Some classes may find it easier and some less easy, but you will get it eventually, whether after 20 or 400 runs.

Just enjoy it and have lots of breaks. I found the 5 runs per hour lockout a bit of a godsend because it forces you to have break or log and do a random or something like that. :)

Enjoy!

Comment by uburo

Just got mine after 161 Baron kills. GL:>

Comment by SheTex

In order for the mount to drop, do you run this on heroic? If not necessary, does it increase your chances?

Comment by gingercat

Just got this in on first try, was running some low levels through and got it.

Comment by jtstormrage

Can you link your armory please?

Comment by mystica

Lvl 80 Human Paladin. i got this mount in the 3rd/4th run. and was so happy. i was with a lower leveled char which passed on it since he knew that is why i was their.

Comment by Dusta

I'm truly sorry for all the people still running for this, don't give up. I got it on around my third run in my lifetime along with some nice t10 legs in VoA that I didn't even know could drop. Anythings possible.

Comment by jtstormrage

It is notable that far more people who got in 1 or 2 runs post here than people who got it in 300 runs! :)

Some people really had to grind this (I did 287 runs) but not everyone is willing to admit how much no-lifer grinding they did to get this.

But I am a grinder and proud of it! :)

Comment by Artzie

250 and still counting.

Comment by vehm

second run through here with my priest and it dropped. thankfully, cause i did not look forward to farming this after reading the posts on here. now i dont feel so bad about accidentally learning the captured firefly on my bank toon when trying to send it in the mail. that was painful. good luck folks

Comment by amorvulnerat

Got this little baby today after countless amount of runs (And by countless i mean i wasn't counting)Just keep trying guys :) it'll happen also i figured if you think negativley and sometimes write stuff like "BLIZZARD WHY DO YOU HATE ME?" It'll drop, trust me it works ^^

Best of luck

Never worked for me

Comment by othgar

Got mine on the 84th run!

Comment by Octari

Stratholme is a VERY nice place for leveling to 58 on Refer-A-Friend. All you need is the two level 50-somethings (main and referred) plus an 80 that can run them through. Not only that, there's always the chance for the mount to drop. I got mine once randomly while doing this for my fiance and his brother. :]

Comment by iGoHard

No joke, the mount dropped on my 12th run. I feel lucky

Comment by itenma

Got it after 22 runs. :)

Comment by Szasstam

Same here not 1 hour ago after exactly 22 runs....!

Comment by Stormwaker

The rumor that increases the chance for the mount to drop by killing Baron Rivendare is true however.

Comment by KHAxel

Lol same happened to me xD

Comment by imagnome

103 kills before it dropped for me today,never give up

Comment by Alfador

I almost wish it had taken exactly one more run... dropped for me after 68.

Comment by denuul

Watch out, this mount kills friendship! My mate is up till his 60th try or something, and I just looted it after 16 kills. You can probably guess he had his murdering face on.

Comment by Eletras

I decided to farm Strat for Argent Dawn reputation, and this mount dropped for me on my first Rivendare kill!

On my alt, I had probably ran the place over 50 times hoping for it to drop, but it never did, and I gave up. Strange that my mage got on the first try - I am usually an unlucky person.

/pass on good luck to you,

-Eletras of Darrowmere PvE80 Fire Mage

Comment by DemigodTyek1230

I have done this place probably 70-80 times so far, throughout the last month or so, and no mount. It has kind of become obsessive, as I really want to get the mount. I found myself trying 5-6-7 times in a row sometimes.

The good thing is I can complete a run in about 6-8 minutes, depending on if I accidentally pull any unneeded mobs. Simply run through/around all the trash in the streets to the three ziggurats, then get into the slaughterhouse, kill Ramstein and then finally Baron.

I have slowly dropped down to doing only 3-4 runs a day (was doing 6-8, got so tedious).

I don't have any plans of stopping anytime soon either, but it is really frustrating when you kill Baron, loot, and then only see a weapon and armor piece =(

Comment by SolostarCrack

Just got my mount on my lvl50 Priest, I was thrilled, after farming so many mounts on my main I'd forgot about some of the drops. Also means I dont have to dish out the funds to buy the bear mount or the time to farm rep with another home city to avoid using that god-awful Elekk. Maybein 4 runs or so--unintentional so I didn't count.

Think I may have bust a few eardrums over Vent when I got it. Now I just need to get those drakes from cata...Maybe i can make them go deaf.

Comment by Burningmind

I'm a lvl 50 warlock and I was soooooooo lucky, it dropped on my FIRST run ever of that dungeon, and we all rolled need for it (of course, who wouldn't) and when I got it I was like: "OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG" and my warlock bursted into dance :D

Comment by MysteryMits

I feel like a very lucky person...Level 43 Druid, dropped on my first run. And i won it.. hahaha

Comment by Xavicus

I just posted my 5th Rivendare deathcharger. Took me 4 kills in total, I got the sword and the mount on the same kill, somehow ive been getting all my deathchargers between 24:00-1:00 Weird *!@#.

Comment by Kylig

Got it on my rogue yesterday after 340runs! and after that i didnt have anything to do so i started to farmit on my paladin and got it after 45runs. and got 2runeblades on rogue and 1 on paladin!

Comment by Trevail

To all those people thinking of giving up, DONT!. got this mount on my 85 DK first try, then getting cocky i spent countless runs (about 300) farming on my paladin and still nothing to date. the mount is absolutely beautiful and awesome to get if your alliance.

the point of my comment is... you never know when its gonna drop, could be first try or after MANY runs.. but whatever happens, if you really want this mount IT WILL DROP. its just a matter of time and will power.

Comment by kaexo

I ran it about 75 times. I started recording the runs around the 30th time. I figured I might as well record it when it dropped and see how fast it was. It finally dropped on a flawless run in just under 6 minutes. No glitching and I only killed one mob that wasn't required to unlock the Baron. I'm throwing it up onto YouTube because of all the people who have farming videos with no drop.. or edited videos that aren't the real run.

Comment by killindillon

116 runs....still no mount...

Comment by grannoid

First time I've seen anything other than pointless potions and boring pets in the satchel!

Unfortunately I was so shocked that I forgot to take a screenshot, but if you want proof then look up Noxious of EU-Shadosong on the Armory and you'll see that she has Deathcharger's Reins but has never done Stratholme.

Comment by skarpethinn

i ran Stratholme 355 times, 217 since Cataclysm was launched, & the reins dropped today. During that same time, the sword dropped 3 times.

Contrary to what others may say here & elsewhere, there is no trick, no pattern to the boss kills, no 'need' to avoid certain mobs, or cracking boxes, or whatever.

i have a friend who got it on her 40th run, a friend who got it 3 times in 16 runs, & i've seen posts that say they have run Stath "thousands" of times.

There is one thing - and only one - you need: persistence. As always, it pays off

Comment by counterhero

Decided to run it today. Haven't ran it at all since cata hit. Second time in... It dropped. I was shocked and stunned at $%^&. 69 kills.

Comment by Frayley

I got him on my first run =D Lucky I know, and I love him bunches.

Comment by Sinergy666

3rd run and got mine. Aaand I got the White Hawkstrider mount earlier today from Kael, it was my first run.

Raven Lord drops tomorrow?

Comment by Dragonbolas

Was going through my dungeon acheivments at level 75 and i noticed that my Classic Dungeonmaster one wasnt completed so i checked which one it was, and it was Stratholme Service entrance. i soloed the dungeon ( thank goodness for Prowl) and killed Rivendare who dropped the reins. My friend in the guild had tried over 50 times and hadnt gotten it but i got it withut even trying

Comment by Wutdafuh

One day I was farming rep in stratholme and I wasn't going to do the end boss but then I said ah screw it i might get the mount.

What do you know it drops on a .8% chance I was like there is no f***ing way!

Comment by uberg

this was the first mount i went out of my way to farm for, after about 180 runs it dropped, i have never been more happy with a drop since!

Comment by Pochert

Been farming this a long time on my Druid, and today i got it on my alt im levling xD

Comment by xJustxBlazex

Got this on my 2nd run...lol....

The pally in the group almost ragequit the game lol. He need rolled on my Hunter Cape that also dropped and left lol... I think the cape is slightly easier to get so I'm happy.

The run was sloppy. No special way to run it.

Comment by Wowcomix

Got the mount after at least 11 tries on my DK. I'm on an RP realm and my DK, story-wise, has been a DK since the WCIII era so obviously I wanted this mount to replace my Acherus Deathcharger (which, I'll be honest, I think looks ugly compared to this). I got extremely lucky.

Comment by blkwdowtattoo

I have ran Strat over 1,000 times now. Still no luck in getting this mount from Baron. My luck sucks at getting drops for mounts and pets in the game. :(. Hoping this post will change mu luck.. LOL

Comment by Dbag

Just got It about an hour ago. Still comes with the Feat of Strength cheeve. Got mine in around 100 runs and consider myself very lucky. I have guildies who have run this for years and still nothing. Now next raid night when they taunt me with the brewfest kodo, who I have been after for 3 years, I'll pop this bad boy and smite their efforts!

Comment by FalconPunch31

I did this on my Lv.79 Warrior and got it in less than 10 runs.

Comment by iMyThIc

Just got this, Took me 289 runs and dropped four Baren Runeblades. Average of runs per day 70

Comment by Avalionis

it was 1% back in wrath, and apparently the drop rate is now 0.8%

don't know what compelled Blizz to nerf the droprate...hardly ever see anyone with this mount as it was.

Comment by SECElit3

For those grinding this mount, DON'T give up! It will drop. My first grind presented this mount after 32 runs. My second presented it after 52.

The most important thing to remember is not to burn yourself out. Do 5 runs a day and then call it.

It is easy to get frustrated after a few runs but don't. Remember, every kill offers a chance for this mount and it only takes one.

Comment by robbiedehand

Currently just completed run 293 but no luck yet did have 4 swords drop since run 200 scaring the cr@p out of me everytime.Ah well lucky i got jevees and a mailbox so atleast ill end up with vendor blues and disenchant green so it not totally bad to run then just the instance lockout is a pain since run is about 7-8min for me.

It finally dropped on 301 on friday the 13th so glad that grind is done

Comment by NamelessNancy17

I ran just the part from the service entrance to rivendare a LOT so I thought to try something different. So I ran it from the beginning of the instance, beat the first half then did the last half. After completing the first part, I saw the rare gargoyle thing, it drops a "long white cape", ANYWAYS I contiued to the end boss and it EFFING dropped the first time I ran the WHOLE thing. Also this workedfor the raven lord. I ran the exact same way like 30 days in a row and then started going crazy on the place and killing things I dont normally kill and BAM raven lord droped. Maybe the game knows if your farming or something so it sees you doing something out of "your ordinary" it rewards you. BUT its purley speculation. Just adding my 2 cents.

Comment by gingerkid024

as of cataclysm, if this dungeon is run (including all the bosses, to open gates) in under 6 minutes, the mount is a 100% guaranteed drop

Comment by atintegulsno

A little tip if you are farming this on a Death Knight.

Instead of running out of the instance you can use your Death Gate and fly from Ebon Hold back to the instance.(It took me 1 min and 20 secs to get from Rivendare's room back to the portal withoutGlyph of Death Gate and On a Pale Horse)

When i ran out it took 1 min and 45 secs (My only speed boost was Unholy Presence)

Comment by kryptical

Ive been farming for this mount for the past week on my rogue. Running through the instance isn't difficult but running it so many times and having to walk back just to reset the instance is beyond annyoing.

To keep me from losing hope I try to do other things when running this dungeon like championing classic rep and doing a dungeon after killing the boss so I have some fun and get teleported out of the dungeon.

I havent checked how many runs ive done but im sure its about 1k Lol. To those of you who got it in the first 10 runs you're either lucky bastards or you need to stfu and stop pretending. =D

Comment by Unrealkill

Just finished my 89th run with no mount drop, I've grown tired of this place

Comment by jayzcardz

Run #47 and it finally dropped for me, was going to give up but the mount looks to cool

Comment by gurumed

Just got the mount at my 193th Baron kill!

Comment by SergeantJinxxie

Funny story: Pre-Cata, I had a friend who constantly ran this instance in hopes of the mount dropping. After about 80 or so runs, he asked if I wanted to come along. I of course agreed. He told me if the mount dropped, I could have it because he was 101% sure it wouldn't anyways.

It dropped. He raged, but kept to his promise. So I got the mount on my first ever run there with my DK. It was pretty exciting.

Comment by scoobnl

Took me only 8 runs with my Pally (lvl85) lost count with my Hunter (85) :-(

Comment by Bulletbeast

I come in here and read all these comments that gives me horrifying and depressing toughts about how damn hard this is gonna be, my third run and i got the mount, the phrase ''AWWWWWWWYEAAAAAHHHHH'' I bealive fits this happy moment of my feelings

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Comment by MathiusX

has dropped twice for me in less than 50 runs. and the ironic thing is that I'm not running to get the mount, it's the epic sword I want for my twink warrior. Kinda figures.

I don't get what so great about this mount, it's identical to all of the other warhorses you can get from the vendor, it's just a different color; and it's not like it's hard to get exalted with UC if you aren't forsaken. I guess it's more the achievement(s) that people really want?

Comment by Verceus

There should be an animation when you summon it. Unlike the other mounts, it should have something special. Perhaps something like the Acherus death charger. It needs some kind of shadowy effect when you summon it.

Comment by Sumowning

Mine dropped in 4 runs without actually farming for it.. I went there farmng for the cloth then i thought hey let's kill the endboss just for lolz, 4th try ohh lol he drops a mount.. let's look up the droprate 0.10% my face and my friend sitting next to me.. priceless anyways there aren't really any thing that enhance the drop rate, just did what everybody else does, kill the mini bosses and go to baron kill and loot.. run out reset and back again..

Comment by Koerner

I have the funniest story for this mount.... so me and my buddy have done about 61 farm runs for this so we say well do this instance one last time and sure enough my buddy killed rivendare and got his mount and as soon as i killed rivendare i got my mount literally not even 60 seconds from eachother

Comment by hozz1235

Just got it from the LFD bonus gift bag.

Comment by Teiwazgod

Mount finally dropped for me after 2 years ..

Comment by azzgunther

I made a video guide. It's me getting the kill and running back out in 5:30 with voice narration. I think it will be useful for those of you who are going for this. Keep the faith!

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Comment by sspence861

I got Deathcharger's Reins today after grinding 3 days. His epic sword dropped 3 times during the grind. Good Luck!

Shadowsong US

Patch 5.0.4

Comment by giggityglue

Ran this 141 times on my DK before it dropped which in my case confirms the 0.8% drop chance posted on the loot table (0.8 x 141=%100.8). The dang plate helm dropped 105 of those times, and sword 96 (skullforged reaver.) never saw the purple sword drop, but we all know its rare. The loot table on here also neglected to list a green clothy chest.

All I can say is farm like hell, if you find yourself afk in org or SW without the lock you go farm. There really is no strategy for this, just try avoiding adds and find how you run it fastest, oh and keep your sanity, that's the one price this mount wants you to pay for it to drop.

Comment by Cyzla

I got it on my 18th run. Tips: - Save sprint for the place where the gate closes and bugs spawn. You can sprint through it. - You can go through the whole dungeon without aggro any mobs.- It takes ca 25-30 minutes to do 5 runs (i did as a lvl 90 resto druid in cat form using rake)

Patch 5.1.0A

Comment by Mythrii

I must have a 6t sense hen it comes to mounts. Had the Stone Drake in the Stonecore drop when I went there to farm for the first time after 6 months, I just had a feeling.

Then today I join the LFD on my Shammy with a couple Guild Mates, get to the last boss and I'm just thinking "it's gonna drop" and whadda know? It does. We all went mental, and I was amazed when I won it. Had my Guildies offering to buy it but I wasn't gonna bite. I'd been farming that dude for months XD

Comment by Deitrick

Woot 2nd run!

Comment by joebowen

There has been a lot of debate as to whether this mount is still dropping. I noticed that most of the people claiming to have obtained it in recent months have been members with few points. Since many Wowhead users don't trust everything they read (and shouldn't) I thought it would be nice to have a wowhead member with more contributions etc. to prove the mount drops.

I ran Stratholme 56 times in three days. I just got the mount.

I have posted a screenshot that breaks wowhead rules by including the date etc. I am hoping it will be approved and on here shortly, but I doubt it.

Anyway, the good news is, the mount drops.

*****I should also note, you can run this dungeon up to around 5 times an hour. I talked to a few people who thought they had to wait a day between runs. Another guy thought it was weekly, like raids. After your run you can clear your bags (Travelling Tundra Mount pays for itself here) Then you right click your icon of yourself and select RESET ALL INSTANCES. You can now run the instance again. If you aren't allowed in after doing this it is because, as I mentioned earlier, you have done more than 5 this hour. Wait a while and try again. This is how I was able to get the drop so quickly.*****

Comment by hellfire02

I got this on my second run a couple days ago... I've ran this place OVER 300 times!

To all the people who are still running this, I've done runs all day for weeks during that year and still no drop.

Eventually getting fed up, ***I just ran this place once a day.****

One night, I ran it, no drop, reset the instance and ran it again, it dropped.

The irony is that since I've ran this place up to 400 times, I've became sick of hearing the horses whine. I've fought Rivendare so many times and heard the same fight so many times, that the horses whining is almost a nightmare.

*Hits the spacebar* Whine, @#$%^, whine.... ! >:'(

Comment by lyndalie

Mount dropped for me today on my 2nd run. Patch 5.3 Previously, during the LK expansion, I ran this instance approximately 10 times (about twice a day for almost a week) before getting distracted. Never tried again until today. Ran once, didn't drop. Ran out, reset, ran again, mount dropped.

Cheers

Comment by nahkhaz

So.....much.....mageweave. When soloing this content, nearly every mob drops the stuff. After 50 runs, it's just....everywhere. Can't auction it fast enough. I've got it stacked in my garage, stuffed in the trunk of my car....criminy.

Comment by shanejones

Just a day after my vitreous stone drake dropped after 226 runs, I decided to go farm this. After 42 runs I had a guild member join me. 2cd run with her It dropped but forgot to put master looter on. She said I could have it before we ran but she'd been farming too. She stayed true to her word and now I get to show it off in GS all day :D btw it dropped for 4 freakin people before it dropped for me. Dropped on some guys first run and he wasnt even going for it just running a friend through for xp I was pretty pissed

Comment by Wheeljack

This is one of those things you set out to do, come hell or high water. I did no less than 269 runs for mine back in Wotlk. Still haven't decided if that is determination, dedication or just plain and pure stubbornness. So there I was, prancing proudly in the streets of Dalaran on my recently aquired Deathcharger, only to see DKs cleverly named Darthuzz, Dkdeth, Dethkilèr and the likes who, upon inspecting, had done less than 10 run for it.

FML

In one of the many, MANY "Rivendare hates me" thread on the forums, I came across this little video, A guy that has completely rebuilt the audio in WoW... slightly off-topic perhaps, but at least he is running Stratholme. Something to cheer up for those long, grindy hours of not seeing a skeletal horsehead in the loot-window. :)

Comment by Wheeljack

This is one of those things you set out to do, come hell or high water. I did no less than 269 runs for mine back in Wotlk. Still haven't decided if that is determination, dedication or just plain and pure stubbornness. So there I was, prancing proudly in the streets of Dalaran on my recently aquired Deathcharger, only to see DKs cleverly named Darthuzz, Dkdeth, Dethkilèr and the likes who, upon inspecting, had done less than 10 run for it.

FML

In one of the many, MANY "Rivendare hates me" thread on the forums, I came across this little video, A guy that has completely rebuilt the audio in WoW... slightly off-topic perhaps, but at least he is running Stratholme. Something to cheer up for those long, grindy hours of not seeing a skeletal horsehead in the loot-window. :)

Comment by Weregazebo

Well the mount still drops.I was lucky enough to get one today.

Comment by Joviel

I've been solo running the dungeon daily for weeks with my level 81 Hunter trying to get the mount, and it dropped today right after I changed my Dungeon level to Heroic. I don't know if there is a correlation or not.

This might be really obvious to most, but you make your run much faster by avoiding the mobs and only killing the bosses.

Comment by Mattarias

Can we get someone to put up some comparisons between this and the undead mounts?

...I don't mean to be rude, but... What's different? Aside from the fact that Alliance can get it?

Comment by zunguslengteng

anyone else noticed this horse has lips? when it whinnies the jaw doesn't move, only the lips.

Comment by fataljiz

I literally got this on my first try. Not trying to show off I honestly didn't know it was/is so hard to get it to drop. Maybe I was very lucky or maybe the odds have changed again.

Comment by Sprindle

Is this mount still in the game in Mists of Pandaria?

Comment by InferiusMor

My question is, HOW important of a factor is time when it comes to this run. I watched a video posted in the comments here earlier and the dude who made it kept stressing what a waste of time killing the mobs is, and how it's better to just go around them. Is this really that important, or is it just about saving time when doing multiple Strat runs? I kill the mobs for Mageweave Cloth for my tailor WHILE I'm doing a mount run.

Comment by Demonhuntern

If anybody is curious to know, how many times you need to run strat, to be 99.9% sure to obtain the Deathcharger, here is the probability for 0.7% drop chance:

1-0,007=0,993. 0.993^983=0,001. 1-0.001= 0,999.

Looting Rivendare's corpse almost a thousand times (983+) gives you 99.9% to see the mount drop.

Comment by maricam58

This mount dropped for me yesterday as bonus loot off the Sha of Fear in the LFR Terrace of Endless Spring. I was quite surprised and delighted since it fulfilled a Feat of Strength achievement too.

EDIT: Saw the down votes and couldn't figure out why but I have the answer! Let me rephrase:

This mount was part of a Misty Satchel of Exotic Mysteries which was bonus loot for me from the Sha of Fear. I hope this clears my post up and maybe I can get the down votes up voted so players know the possibilities.

Comment by rpalmeri

OMG. This dropped on Nazgrim in Siege of Orgrimmar. My guildies hate me- at least the ones that have run Strat a thousand times for it.

Comment by Wass88

i farmed this mount with my ud wlock 2 days got it after like 20 runs 2-3 swords first.. im pvp player just wanted to try if i get lucky for my alliance char

Comment by dunkeldorn

I've found that it keeps me sane to change things up a bit every few runs. For example, I mind control a Crypt Beast with my DK to have a friend, beat bosses to death on my warlock using only my cane, race after Barthilas to kill him at the beginning of the instance, blow a /kiss to the Banshees, do anything you can think of! (...Run 213)

Comment by orioncorpsus

Is this mount still dropping? I only ask because I have not seen any posts about it dropping since last year.

Comment by JBushido

I've been trying to get this at least 1-5 times a day for 3 weeks now. No luck. How many people actually have this mount? So frustrating. Most of my toons are alliance so I really don't have any awesome-looking skeletal horses.

Anyway, I've been farming Strath on an enchanter and have found that I can actually make a little gold in the process. One run can net quite a bit of lesser nether essence to make it worth coming. Plus, the off-chance for boe epics is also a plus. It is by no means a place everyone should rush to to farm gold, but it's a happy bonus that I can make 50-75g per run (300-400g an hour).

Comment by sammycat203

45 runs and it finally dropped. So confirmed it still exists i guess...... mostly just here to brag.

Comment by Eliza08

Hey guys, I thought I would add my experience thus far.I don't know if this method has been mentioned before but it's one I use and not sure if many people know about it...So my level 100 hunter is the farmer of this mount (97 attempts so far) I have my hearthstone set at Lights Hope Chapel, but before I hearth to start my farm, I queue for The Proving Grounds in my garrison, I enter the instance and teleport out, I then hearth to Lights Hope and fly to the instance, I enter, clear, (feel cheated it still hasn't been my lucky day). I teleport back to the proving grounds, then l teleport out of there and it places me outside the gate, no need to run back through the instance to reset, just reset where it places you and run it again. the odd time it does bug out and teleports you back to the end boss, but this has happened only 5 times out of the 97 runs so far, if this happens just hearth back to Lights Hope and fly.1 more thing to add is don't forget to set the loot to free for all, it's so annoying having to need/greed loot with yourself!Hope this helps and happy farming!

Comment by bowenbao123

I go it in my 67th run and proved that it still existed in 6.2.3. Good luck everybody.

Comment by cretin11384

Dropped for me today after 95 runs on my Rogue. Posting this to encourage people to keep farming- it'll drop eventually :) If you're going to start farming I recommend using a monk, druid or rogue for quick, speedy runs- I clocked them at about 2:40 per run so 95 runs didn't take too long.http://puu.sh/q2D7L/8077ba309c.jpg

Comment by 0lympic

I'm soon at 600 kills. No mount yet. Happy hunting everyone.

Comment by Ceriuswoode

Got it today after 95 attempts. Kitty druid is the way to go: get the Displacer Beast talent to speed you along. Use your Moonglade teleport to quickly get out of the dungeon and then use it again to be taken back to the dungeon entrance.

Don't forget to reset the instance! I made a macro for that and put it right next to my Moonglade teleport on my bar.

/script ResetInstances();

Having a Traveler's Tundra Mammoth helps, too, because you can quickly sell all the junk you pick up in the instance.

Comment by maricam58

Well, I've figured out where I went wrong here. The Deathcharger did not drop from the Sha of Fear. It was bonus loot I rec'd from Misty Satchel of Exotic Mysteries which was bonus loot off the Sha of Fear.

I hope this clears up my post and I hope to see the down votes removed just so players know the possibilities.

Thanks!

Comment by Krohma

Id wager to say that monk has the fastest clear time as of 7.1.5

Zen Pilgrimage lets you exit/re-enter the instance insanely fast, you can teleport out of the ziggurats with spirit swap (up to 40 yard gap closer) Chi Torpedo + Bear Taretar as a tank with rushing jade wind is 100% aoe uptime on speed boost. Makes for a 2:45 clear time. That clear time is from the moment I enter the instance, to exiting, and the moment I walk into the fresh instance I stopped the clock.